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near one third of the Englifli buftiel. The French bufhel for oats 

 is double that for any other grain. 



SECT. II. 



M.Duhamel continues his Account oj" t^e Experiments at'Denain.viWicrs 

 Acou, in the Tears 1751, 1752, I753> ^754 '^^d ij^^, to the 

 folloiving Eff'eSf : 



I. ^/ DenainvilHers, in the year 1751. 

 'T^HE alleys of the acre cultivated in the new way, and of which 

 •^ we fpoke in the foregoing feftion, were fowed in October 1750, 

 with wheat, in rows, as before ; and the beds on which the wheat 

 grew the former year, were now turned into alleys. The other acre, 

 cultivated in the old way, not being in a condition to bear a crop of 

 wheat in 1 75 1 , the owner, fatisfied with the produce of the other acre, 

 fowed this with fpring-corn, in beds, in order to prepare the ground 

 for wheat inOdtober following. He dunged the beds before the fpring 

 corn was fowed, and the crop was a very good one for the year. 



Both thefe acres, which were now cultivated in the new way, were 

 bordered on each lide by two pieces of ground of equal extent and. 

 like quality of foil. They were both in fine tilth, well dunged, and 

 fowed with wheat in the common way. By this means M. Duhamel 

 was properly enabled to carry on his comparifon ; the owner having 

 promifed to keep the crops of each of thefe fpots feparate, and to give 

 him an exadl account of their produce. He confeffes indeed, that 

 of thefe two pieces of ground, that which he chofe to make his 

 comparifon by, was fomewhat better than the other, which may of 

 courfe feem to diminifh the advantage of the new culture. 



The cold rains which fell during all the fpring and fummer of 

 this year, greatly damaged every production of the earth, and efpe- 

 cially wheat. It is therefore no wonder if the produce of his ex- 

 periment was much lefs this year than the laft. It is enough for 

 our purpofe, that the new culture flill preferved the fame advantage 

 over the old, that it did the year before. 



At the end of fpring, and during the whole fummer, the wheat 

 of the rows was much taller, and of a livelier green than that which 

 was cultivated according to the old hulbandry ; and tho' the grains 

 produced but 3, 4, or 5 ftalks a-piece, inftead of 8, 12, 15, or 20, 

 which they yielded the year before, yet they branched more than, 

 what was raifed in the common way. 

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